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Futurity as Praxis: Learning from Octavia E. Butler
This two-day conference explores Octavia E. Butler, how we have learned from her writing, and what her archive at The Huntington can help future generations discover.
Octavia E. Butler Science Fiction Book Club
Join a book club discussion of Pasadena native Octavia E. Butler’s novelette “The Evening and the Morning and the Night.”
Mapping Fiction
Jan. 15–May 22, 2022 | Coinciding with the centennial of the publication of James Joyce's modernist novel, Ulysses, the exhibition "Mapping Fiction" explores the construction of fictional worlds through maps and novels.
Octavia E. Butler: Telling My Stories
A new exhibition opening this spring examines the life and work of celebrated author Octavia E. Butler (1947-2006), the first science fiction writer to receive a prestigious MacArthur "genius" award and the first African American woman to win widespread recognition writing in that genre. Butler's literary archive resides at The Huntington.
Celebrating Octavia Butler
This year is the 10th anniversary of the great science fiction writer Octavia E. Butler's untimely death; next year marks what would have been her 70th birthday. Butler created a body of work that helped launch a new genre called Afro-Futurism
Telling Her Stories
The Huntington is launching the first major exhibition on the life and work of award-winning science-fiction writer Octavia E. Butler (1947–2006), whose literary archive resides here. She was the first science fiction writer to receive a prestigious MacArthur "genius" award and the first African American woman to win widespread recognition writing in that genre.
A Handful of Earth, A Handful of Sky
In her life and work, Octavia E. Butler strove to embody what could be.Author and journalist Lynell George, a 2017–18 Alan Jutzi Fellow at The Huntington, has been working with the Octavia E. Butler archives for four years. The result is a very personal book, A Handful of Earth, A Handful of Sky: The World of Octavia E. Butler (Angel City Press, 2020), in which George describes how she came to know and identify with Butler
Office of the President - President's Series Lectures
Lectures and programs from the Office of the President.
Telling Their Stories
As acting president of The Huntington, I am having the great pleasure of immersing myself in the wide-ranging activities that take place in this extraordinary institution. Our exhibitions program is chief among them, as it showcases both our research and educational missions.
Seeing to It
Chicago-based collage artist Candace Hunter first started reading Octavia Butler's speculative fiction as an undergraduate. Themes from Butler's writing permeated Hunter's work through the years and reached a pinnacle with the opening this summer of her solo show
Instagram Takeover with Lynell George
Yesterday, we handed The Huntington's Instagram account over to journalist and essayist Lynell George, who spent the day sharing photos of items in the archive of famed science fiction writer Octavia E. Butler.
Writing Herself In
The Huntington's Education staff recently formed a partnership with WriteGirl, a Los Angeles–based creative writing and mentoring organization that, according to the WriteGirl website, "launched in December 2001 to bring the skills and energy of professional women writers to teenage girls
Playbook of the Sower
POSTPONED - President's SeriesPlaybook of the Sower: Octavia E. Butler as a Guide for World-BuildingTHIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
President’s Series: Octavia E. Butler’s Parables: A Music Talk with Toshi Reagon
Toshi Reagon, acclaimed composer and lyricist, discusses her operatic adaption of Octavia E. Butler's science fiction novel Parable of the Sower with special guests.
Mentoring in the Afterlife
When it came to finding the confidence to publish her writing, science fiction writer Octavia E. Butler (1947–2006) could count on herself for a pep talk. "I shall be a bestselling writer," she wrote in one of the notebooks contained in her papers.
Video - Octavia Wrote Her Own Future
The exhibition "Octavia E. Butler: Telling My Stories" examines the life and work of celebrated author Octavia E.
Mining the Archive of Octavia E. Butler
The papers of award-winning science fiction writer Octavia E. Butler (1947–2006) came to The Huntington in 2008. By the time the collection had been processed and cataloged, more than 40 scholars had already asked for access.
President's Series: Inspired by Octavia E. Butler - A Handful of Earth, A Handful of Sky: Lynell George in conversation with William Deverell and Karla Nielsen
Writer Lynell George discusses her forthcoming book, A Handful of Earth, A Handful of Sky: The World of Octavia E.
News Release - As Part of Its Centennial Celebration, The Huntington Seeds a New Fellowship in Honor of Octavia E. Butler
As part of its Centennial Celebration, The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens has announced the creation of a one-year fellowship for the study of Octavia E. Butler (1947–2006)
Press Release - Exhibition on Octavia E. Butler to Explore Life and Work of Celebrated Science Fiction Author
A new exhibition opening this spring at The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens examines the life and work of celebrated author Octavia E. Butler (1947–2006), the first science fiction writer to receive a prestigious MacArthur “genius” award and the first African-American woman to win
News Release - The Huntington Awards Octavia E. Butler Fellowship to Alyssa Collins
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens announced today that it has awarded Alyssa Collins, assistant professor of English Language and Literature and African American Studies at the University of South Carolina, a yearlong Octavia E. Butler Fellowship for the study of the renowned science fiction writer.
Octavia E. Butler Studies: Convergence of an Expanding Field
Inspired by the award-winning speculative fiction author Octavia E.
Interview with Octavia E. Butler Fellow Alyssa Collins
Alyssa Collins, assistant professor of English language and literature and African American studies at the University of South Carolina, is The Huntington's first Octavia E. Butler Fellow for the study of the renowned science fiction writer.
Interview with Octavia E. Butler Fellow Lois Rosson
Lois Rosson, The Huntington’s 2023–24 Octavia E. Butler Fellow, discusses her experience at NASA, her study of astronomical illustrations as extensions of the frontier West, and Butler’s alternative vision of space.
Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation
Based on the acclaimed science fiction novel Kindred by Octavia E.